The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27
rHEYHAD BEEN1 IN THE woods BEFORE
Dut this Piece or Woods Wssa't Exactly
the Kind They Were Used To.

NAAAhJ op Eos-A yoaAS AAhA
named Calkin. with a companion named Porter.
oame to the Clearfeld woods one day last week
to trap foxes and hunt pheasants. They were
city sportsmen. and laughed the native hunters
to scorn when the latter told them that they
might have the luck to bag bigger game than
foxes and pheasants, as there were many bear
still lurking about in the hills Of this region.
The visiting sportsmen ridiculed the idea, and
said that they did not believe there had been q
bear In the county In twenty-five years. They
also declined all offer Of a guide, saying that
they had been in the woods before; bigger
woods than these. 30 they shouldered their
guns and kit and started for the hills.
Toward night that same day the two young
s sR|Ios. nsa 5 bssb be- and Srl Poat had w Ris a eo1s IN &
with blood that seemed to have come from
wounds in all parts Of their bodies. Their
ness had passed from them. They limped into
the tavern and asked to. be accommodated with
3 ps aSStHE' his rhs srr lsndlG I'D f Sssta for { a aS't tsfiie aed
lord and a crowd Of citizens who had been At
two sportsmen. that they were, satisfied that
their Possibilities was not as great as that Of
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R& ouse so's shelter ehs T then d dnsf eu she %p stay yo and
then ono went In one direction and the other In
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WEI s q fsW FEET Of II hi fse and e eyins Iean c saio"sF.
towards, and would run away from danger
every time, unless they we're cornered and
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though he wa not loaded Tor bear. concluded
He pulled id Up ), and nd, bissea away: 'He said he
season 4 The en Charge erse aid tii not take That direction.
It struck Bruin's nose, and carried. away, the
! sTssterI Rs.. 1e Of that o. sr sSsse an. psrt s' st the Of bssn
ter sset Sx s}e s1mf q 3 IN Esf Iyl T sisSt ae 81 s she ssstonished
s ssatsne end Il fs sSe s rue n among n I bears h IS 20 make aS5
themselves scarce When threatened with dan,
Might ss; sh iell6 Sse their SFG nose th as F iass as ets sSeir ef lsss
e eSs' dis nos. Even i t Ssa lad 50 craven an
gun had scarcely ceased to echo among. the
had o Ss19es the the s eneaf Setw snd It Rq and tSe e aisr
concerted hunter, and before he knew exactly
what the situation was he was e contestant IN
generous Imagination could have pictured.
Calkin was active and athletic, and he got
uWHYI IOTn Lu6 UShI . uIbt bS5hulI ~ liz lO5S
OF Q fair share Of his clothing and several strips
Of flesh, which the TIE sharp Claws OF LII the Ga bear ear h had
not removed from his belt q .short-handled
brush axe he had, brought with him, and he
h 6a;aI presence mncsse,99f Tin Sa etnSsSSh an to n draw y 1t and and
hacked the bear with his axe, and succeeded
In ioiling the animal in his, efforts to get him
S %1thlo 81 ' tSe s sm1 sns g Gal II huge ssti Rinys The But bea an
iisit their marx. 4, last q luck, stroke with
the tiNn axe S. between ssg t the bears fsii eyes y t fs,l sam the e,m ra-
broke bRs e1Sis1a arm ESl II The n bear q. AID not not rls W.y nor eaAs At:
ss%nsd to- 6 SlH9a s xas ssiIed% to Is .FS fset as and %r iost
no time in making his wey back to the house;
Porter M Va there, and ths sight o. C y, IN
s3sss3Rs a's &$sa S e A. ea %'G %sf ssssSq t. III ~
R alsh that si ss hs q ' .Ssir E aasrt g pig f ssss al sa@t
3! u. rs, carcass. 1 b came A.. upon POI j, i !; e. SssdS 9s y
s eays pf e q Savage @o Eek. III The be CANVAS Was mot not dead dead
enough to put up With such an indignity; and and
much out Of shape before 4 fell to claw no
n %l9re; a p9 nScb 5e SisflGs1ed t. ann sao on sHas as f baais
tattered as his companion. and the transforms
ton had been made In much less time.
woods ass 'T Bind dHa:e up their itd H Wounds j as Be best : they
could they started on what. proved a tedious
and ae esinifSS, l0uETPss s 10 do sais pl sss ca nhHy sS arm M
and found .twenty-nine gashes, and scratches
that required 1.,, stitches cins,. and T P%|ast tra ba poTses
d dsS eifbSsd9tthh The T n,esishborhood in Which their in
nocent excursion had been SO ruthlessiy dis;
turbed,. and next day, a party went out and
usual size. Caikins and Porter departed for
home with. the. trophy OF their valor. each
swollen with pride and many Commissions.